Contract Award: $156M Contract has been Awarded for Engineering Services Gray Eagle UAV in Afghanistan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a potential $156,370,264 contract modification from the U.S. Army for engineering services on the branch’s fleet of Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft. The Army awarded the modification on a cost-plus-fixed-fee, option-eligible, non-multi-year basis.

Work will occur at Poway, Calif. and the Army is allocating fiscal year 2013 other funding for the award. GA-ASI also holds a $354,683,431 contract to help sustain the Army’s Gray Eagles in Afghanistan under both operations and maintenance and other procurement funds.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., an affiliate of General Atomics, delivers situational awareness by providing remotely piloted aircraft, radar, and electro-optic solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide. The company's Aircraft Systems Group is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft systems, including Predator A, Predator B, Gray Eagle, the new Predator C Avenger®, and Predator XP.

It also manufactures a variety of solid-state digital Ground Control Stations (GCS), including the next-generation Advanced Cockpit GCS, and provides pilot training and support services for RPA field operations. The Reconnaissance Systems Group designs, manufactures, and integrates the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar and sophisticated Claw® sensor control and image analysis software into both manned and remotely piloted aircraft.

It also develops and integrates other sensor and communication equipment into manned ISR aircraft and develops emerging technologies in solid-state lasers, electro-optic sensors, and ultra-wideband data links for government applications.